Simplify navigation on devices without a keyboard. Users find a short list of targeted “search” results with the users likely selections on top and clearly named.

The results are personalized for your customer’s interest, based on location, language, and the time of day.

Users can browse for programs, networks, or sports teams. Text search returns a few characters and offers “did you mean” for spelling.

Users will also find certain categories moderated by a team of worldwide paid and volunteer moderators who make sure the short list of results in a category are reliable, popular, local and fresh.

Users can quickly sort and jump to a specific name, or pivot to filter by language or format.

Competitors show every user around the globe an identical list sorted by name. User may scroll thru thousands of items to find a station.

Users instantly recognize and begin listening to their local radio without browsing. Local radio is automatic from their IP address, GPS, city, zip or other information.

Competitors ignore local radio. Instead, every user begins from a list of contents to wade thru a big list for an entire country or state.

The service not only automatically translates browsing into 11 languages, but the results themselves are personalized for the user’s language and location. Users in Paris, India, Dallas, and De Moines each find customized sports selection.

Programming suggestions are based on other listeners and to produce surprising and interesting suggestions.

Competitive alternatives don’t offer suggestions.

The integrated electronic program guide for radio works like your TV making it easy to find local and live syndicated programs like Ryan Seacrest, Car Talk, Jim Rome, The Archers, and hundreds of thousands more.

Users can find sports games and teams and switch between the home or away announcer.

The service integrates live and on-demand options.

Competitors make the user understand the details of stations and times. This problem is especially annoying when their usual station is not compatible or doesn’t stream their favorite programs.

It is easy to navigate between major networks and stations.

Competitors don’t organize by brand or network.

While browsing regions show frequency and genre, or show location when browsing a genre.

Links to related content make it easier to locate a station or program. For example News – National Networks -> BBC.

Competitors list call signs, then require confused users go all the way back to the top, start over and guess another path.

Smart categories are added and removed depending on the content available for the particular user. For example an NFL category helps during fall weekends but isn’t needed on weekdays or in the spring.

Competitors always show the same categories causing user frustration because each is either general and too big to be meaningful, or specific and empty for a particular user.

RadioTime’s location browse is organized into local markets around how people live. The markets include locally available internet radio like college stations, scanners and weather. But also DAB and national radio channels available locally.

Some competitive options dump the customer into an entire country or state. Other competitors present each individual city including spelling variations rather than recognize a metroplex or local region.

Beyond a major format, the live song, game or personality makes it easier to choose.

Competitors make the user commit to 15 seconds or more to first try a connection and then listen in. If an advertisement is live they may listen much longer to decide.

Let users search, manage presets, and share from a browser using the popular web interface Radiotime.com or use customized widgets integrated with site.

Competitors rely on “your logo here” version of their third-tier site for your consumer’s web experience.

The guide includes 100,000 images in three sizes and two formats, the most popular have transparent background and a professional touchup.

Users appreciate details like what’s on now, the personality and song, time left, and on next. New features include the program Twitter stream. The service handles all the complexity for what to show when.

Competitors show the same call sign with bigger text.

Rich services include scheduling for smart pause, 1-click recording, and offering content to go. The RadioTime site handles all the hard parts.

Competitors don’t offer EPG, scheduling, or recording services.

Don’t drop the AM/FM tuner which brings selection including premium sports content for free along with emergency access for security. You can easily integrate tuning and display because the RadioTime connected program guide covers old over-the-air and new (streaming, HD, Podcast) radio.

Competitors don’t add value for AM/FM use.

RadioTime constantly evaluates streams using real-time information from millions of users around the globe. RadioTime.com alone currently tracks over 15M monthly listening sessions today.

Competitors test streams once a day from a central location then keep active too long, or remove for everyone because of one location.

Streams are delivered with available backup sources organized for your device and the listener. If one fails, alternatives may work avoiding an interruption in the user experience.

Competitive solutions don’t offer any stream backup.

The service will filter what works in their region.

Likewise, a service code makes it easy for you to manage firmware versions with less or more complete combinations of stream codec, protocol, and wrapper compatibility. By automatically reporting stream failures, you can learn how often and what types of problems your users are experiencing, and likely player compatibility problems to filter or improve the firmware.

Competitors label stations “US Only” for example, and rely on users noticing and avoiding them. Competitive filtering may not handle important cases, like Windows Voice codec or RTSP.

An integrated wizard offers alternatives for the context so users can easily report problems without a keyboard. The workflow is part of RadioTime’s service and support to efficiently resolve the problem and reply to the user (when asked).

RadioTime customers can use the content management system (“RadioMill”) directly for immediate phone support call and to make additions or changes directly.

RadioTime users can easily submit questions or changes to radiotime.com where they’ll usually hear back in a few hours from streaming radio experts. Technical users can submit their own streams for integration and maintenance.

Competitors expect users to get up and write an email to your support department. Your team must then guess the details and alternatives and report to their help desk.

RadioTime offers redundant services, service level commitments, 99.9% demonstrated availability, and 7×24 support.

RadioTime continuously monitors and reports actual end user listening success rates.

Competitors may offer reliable service availability. However, 100% “uptime” is meaningless if the actual end user experience is bad because when they click play they don’t hear anything, or they don’t hear what was promised.

RadioTime.com is the world’s largest on-line radio servicethat creates a well-targeted audience for your radio products.

Promotions are available as advertising buys including license bundles for visual ads on the website and internet radio advertising.

RadioTime relationships with major broadcasters offer powerful on-air promotion and product testimonials combined with featuring their content.

Competitors can’t bring consumer reach or broadcaster relationships to a deal.

RadioTime is a powered-by brand, the service and widgets allow you to easily create and brand your product and your unique experience.

Chose from a bundled solution now including a branded mobile experience for Presets in your devices, their desktop browser, and mobile including the #1 selling iPhone radio applications.

Competitors offer a cookie-cutter product with “your logo here”, where each product is essentially identical and the supplier is obvious.

Advanced metrics and report show you how, when, and where your customers are using your product. You can use the information to better target distribution, marketing and your road map.

Competitors don’t track or won’t share comprehensive analytics.

RadioTime is building strategic value for broadcasters to help them better monetize listening with targeted advertising. As this new business grows you can expect a share of ad revenue from your distribution value.

Competitors will remain a growing cost of goods sold.